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Friday, September 7, 2001
We are in the City by the Bay to face manager George Harper (61) and his Giants in a 3-game series over the weekend. They just split 4 games here with the Expos. We are 2-9 against them on the season and split 2 games in Portland the last time we met, July 23-24. Every series we play now is the last time we will face anyone this season. They are 7th in the NL in scoring with 4.5 runs per game (Portland is #16 (last) with 3.6). They are 3rd in runs allowed with 3.7 per game (Portland is #12 with 4.5). Their pitchers are the stingiest in the league when it comes to free passes to first.
Portland Beavers (56-84 .400 25.5 GB in 7th place in the NL West) at
San Francisco Giants (81-59 .579 0.5 GB in 2nd place in the NL West)
Angel Rodriguez, Por (23 R 5-6 5.19 8.8-1.4-4.3-5.2 H/9-HR/9-BB/9-K/9) vs Phil Putnam, SF (28 R 7-8 3.48 7.8-0.6-2.3-4.0)
We are 1-1 against Putnam on the season. In 2 starts, he is 0-1 with a 4.76 ERA. In 11.1 IP, he has given us 6 R, 9 H, 2 HR, 5 BB and has 6 SO. All 6 runs, came in one start, however. In the other start, he shut us out for 7 innings on 2 hits and 2 walks, but did not get the decision.
Lineups: Pos Name (Age Bats BA-HR-RBI-OPS)
PORTLAND
1: LF Frank Wiginton (31 S .290-9-52-.825 in 424 AB)
2: RF Don Quinney (27 L .245-0-8-.627 in 110 AB)
3: CF Rich Babbin (36 L .244-8-51-.706 in 352 AB)
4: 1B Ernesto Gonzelez (32 L .287-4-24-.842 in 157 AB)
5: 3B Tim DePriest (26 R .196-0-7-.472 in 51 AB)
6: 2B Mike Cavallaro (27 R .204-0-14-.520 in 157 AB)
7: SS Rick Ferrell (26 R .216-1-15-.542 in 236 AB)
8: C Steve Jensen (24 R .318-1-3-.864 in 22 AB)
9: P Angel Rodriguez (23 R .216-1-5-.508 in 37 AB)
SAN FRANCISCO
1: CF Scott Setta (34 R .276-3-29-.706 in 170 AB)
2: 2B Dave Guillory (25 L .274-9-68-.719 in 430 AB)
3: C Stan Brown (29 R .255-30-71-.847 in 467 AB)
4: 3B Pat Crum (34 L .251-17-57-.806 in 411 AB)
5: 1B Rick Peterson (30 R .184-5-8-.691 in 98 AB)
6: SS Curt Brown (27 R .290-4-18-.762 in 186 AB)
7: LF Tony Dominguez (28 S .248-5-29-.669 in 222 AB)
8: RF Juan Abundis (28 R .258-8-42-.712 in 399 AB)
9: P Phil Putnam (28 L .232-0-3-.549 in 56 AB)
Game Start: 7:05 PM
Weather: 67 deg. Clear skies with a 13 MPH wind blowing in from center.
Frank Wiginton lines out to center, former Beaver Scott Setta making a nice catch. Don Quinney grounds out to short. Full count to Rich Babbin and he grounds out to short.
Bottom of the 1st: Scott Setta flies out to center. Dave Guillory grounds out to 1st, 3-1. Stan Brown lines a hit to center. This is a tough park to hit home runs in. Of his 30, only 11 of Brown's have been at home. Pat Crum walks on 4 pitches. Rick Peterson doubles down the left field line and both runners score. 2 to 0, Giants. Curt Brown grounds out to short.
Top of the 3rd: With 1 out, Steve Jensen grounds out to the pitcher. P Phil Putnam makes the play, but injures himself in the process. He strained his back and it looks like he'll be out about two weeks. New pitcher: RHP Ken Boni.
Bottom of the 6th: Stan Brown leads off with a double to right center. Pat Crum draws a walk. Get the bullpen up! After a strike out and a pop up, Tony Dominguez draws a walk from a full count to load the bases. Juan Abundis beats out an infield hit. 3 to 0, Giants. Pinch-hitter: LHB Alfredo Cabrera. He grounds out to 1st.
Lost - 4 to 0
We had 2 hits and made no errors.
The Giants had 8 hits and made 1 error.
Angel Rodriguez (L 5-7) went 6.1 innings, allowed 4 runs, 7 hits, 4 walks and struck out 4. He is 0-4 in his last 6 starts.
LHP Jim Ackley faced 1 batter and gave up a hit.
RHP Freddy Arana went 1.2 innings and retired all 5 batters he faced with 1 strikeout.
Phil Putnam went 2.1 innings, gave us no runs, 1 hit and struck out 1.
RHP Ken Boni (W 3-1) went 3.1 scoreless innings, gave us 1 hit and struck out 5.
For the Giants, C Stan Brown had 3 hits with a double and scored 2 runs.
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